English Explanatory Dictionary

Philadelphia lawyer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clever, crafty, or otherwise extremely adroit practitioner of law.

Word forms

Philadelphia lawyer Philadelphia lawyers

Etymology

Possibly derived from Andrew Hamilton's skillful defense of John Peter Zenger in 1735, though, as the phrase is not attested until 1788, this is uncertain.

Synonyms

legal beagle legal eagle
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